Improvement in line-fasteners



J. T. CRONK.

LINE-FASTENER. No. 186,991 Patented Feb. 6, 1977.

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ATTDRNEYS.

.N- PEI'ERS, FNOI'O-UTINOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. D.

JASPER T. ORONK, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN LINE-FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 186,991, dated February6, 1877; application filed May 16, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JASPER T. CRONK, ofHoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have inventeda new and Improved (llothes-Line Supporter, of which the following is aspecification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a side elevation, andFig. 2 a top view, partly in horizontal section on line 0 c, Fig. l, ofmy improved clothes-line supporter.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to a simple and convenient device by which theclothes may be hung to and taken down from'the pulley-line inside of thewindow without necessitating the dangerous and fatiguing bending out ofthe window, the device being readily taken ofi' after use, or allowed toremain in position outside of the window, as desired.

The invention consists of a clothes-line-supporting arm or brace, thatis secured adjustably to sockets or brackets of the windowcasing, andslid to the outside when the clothes are applied to or taken off theclothesline. The slack of the line is taken up by attaching the lowerpart of the line to a hook, E, below the sockets.

In the drawing, A represents a sliding brace or arm of suitable length,that is guided and supported in brackets B and O, of suitable material,which are attached to the window or casing at the inside and outside ofthe sashes. The pulley-block of the clothes-line is hung to a hook, at,at the inner end of arm A, while the outer perforated end is adjusted bymeans of a cross-pin, clamp-screw, or other device, b, in the outersocket or bracket 0.

The clothes-line D extends in the usual manner from the pulley-biock ofthe supporting-arm to one or two pulley-blocks of the opposite wall orpost, and admits the hanging up of the 'clothes at the inside of thewindow when the supporting-arm is secured so as to extend to the insideof the window, as shown in Fig. l. The interior socket or bracket B isopen to admit the outward sliding of the arm with the clothes-line untilbook a comes in contact with the outer socket O. The slack of theclothes-line is then taken up by passing the lower part of the line overa hook, E, that is attached to the window casing or sill below thebrackets B and C.

When the clothes are to be taken down from the line the same is releasedfrom the hook E and the arm pulled back and fastened, to be inside ofthe window, when the clothes may be readily detached in the same manneras when hung up, without the least difficulty or danger.

The sliding arm is so arranged that the window may be opened or closedwithout interfering with the inner end of the arm when pushed outwardlyin socket 0. After use the arm may either be removed or pushed outwardlyto project to the outside of the building, as deemed most convenient.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination of the sliding brace or arm, havingend hook, the outer supportingsocket, and the clothes-line with a fixedhook or other fastening device below the arm, to take up slack of linewhen the arm is pushed to outside, substantially as specified.

J. T. ORONK.

Witnesses:

PAUL GoErEL,

ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

